The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 02-2009 from Saidarbar.

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THE

GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

(MAKARA

SHANKRANTI SPECIAL ISSUE)

Seventh Year

of Publication

Published

as Bi-Weekly

Issue

02/ 2009

15-01-2009

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WITH SAI KRUPA

“SAIDARBAR†STEPS IN TO ELEVENTH YEAR

&

“THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI†ENTERS THE SEVENTH YEAR

 

"WISH YOU

ALL A HAPPY PONGAL"

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GURUR-BRAHMA, GURUR-VISHNUH;

GURU-DEVO MAHESWARAHA;

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA;

THASMAI SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:

 

 

Sairam. You can watch Live Web

casting from Shirdi Sai Samadhi Mandir from following Link:

 

http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/onlinedarshan..asp

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THIS

ISSUE CONTAINS:

 

1.

FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

2.

SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

3.

SAI IN DREAMS

4.

QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

5.

IN THE DAYS OF SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

6.

DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES

7.

SAI WITH CHILDREN

8.

SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

9.

ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10.

LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

11.

TELUGU SECTION

12.

SAI'S BOOK WORLD

13.

EDITORIAL.

 

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1.

FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

 

http://saibanisa.blogspot.com/

 

Shirdi Sai's Philosophy in

the words of Saibanisaji

 

Saibanisa's popular Nine discourses on

NavavidhaBhakti in English language (Sai as lord Siva, Sai as lord Rama,

Sai as lord Krishna, Sai's advice to gruhasthas, Sai in dreams, Sai's

philosophy, Hidden meanings, Sai's advice on conduct in life, Sai on birth and

rebirth.), each discourse is around 30 minutes duration.

 

These discourses mainly focus on the fact that Sri Sai

Satcharita contains the essence of Ramayan, Bhgavatham, Sivamaha puran,

Gurugita and Srimadh Bhagavadhgita. We request you to listen the above

C.D s (ENGLISH Language) and receive the Blessings of Lord Sainath.

 

Those who are interested in obtaining the above MP3-

Format CD may kindly contact: saibanisa

 

Compiled by:

Sai Sevak

Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi.

 

To be continued…..

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME

MACHINE:

 

January 1919: Nana Saheb Nimonkar (Shankarrao

Raghunath Deshpande an elderly cousin of Shama) passed away at Pune.

 

January

20, 1941: Damu Anna (Damodar Savalaram Rasane) of Ahmednagar passed away (aged

89 years).

 

January

1, 1946: Sri B.V.Deo passed away (Composer of Chapter 53rd of

Shri Sai Satcharitra in Marathi language).

 

January

14, 1980: H.H.Radhakrishna Swamiji passed away at Bangalore. (Aged 74 years)

 

January 1991: Size of "Shri Sai Leela

Magazine" enlarged and converted in to a Bi-monthly magazine.

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3. SAI IN DREAMS:

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These are the dream sequences and messages as received by SaiBaNiSaji From our

beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that this feature will

help in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled from his personal Diary and

presented to SAIBANDHUS.

 

Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.

 

SAI

IN DREAMS

 

http://www.ettitudemedia.com

 

These are the dream

sequences and messages as received by SaiBaNiSaji From our beloved GURU LORD

SAINATH OF SHIRDI. In Anticipation that this feature will help in one's

spiritual growth are hereby compiled from his personal Diary and presented to

SAIBANDHUS.

 

Translated and presented by

RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.

 

APRIL-1996

 

23-04-1996

 

Yesterday, Sai appeared in the from of a fakir

- gently smiling said-

 

Vengeance and discrimination are the root cause

of your Heart problem which you need to overcome. Next day, I started

analysing my life style. I prayed Baba to rid me of the above menace.

 

Breeding of dissatisfaction should be curbed.

 

24-04-1996

 

Today is my Birthday. Yesterday, Sai appeared

in the form of a saint and said-

 

1. You will seek blessings from the saints in

service of God.

2. You have first uttered the word SAI in

the year 1964 after coming across Sri. Satya Sai. Look towards Satya Sai

playing with a small hand drawn cart as a child. Look to the thatched house

where he spent his childhood, also at the School going Sri Satya Sai. And

finally the present day’s Bhagwaan Satya Sai. Realize whether birthday

celebrations are to the physical body or to the heart.

 

Birthday is for the physical body but not for

the soul.

 

27-04-1996-CDR-Hospitals.

 

Sai appeared as a saint and said-.

 

1. The six evils have entered your house

and you are fighting them. You are attacking them one after another, but you

are not able to fight with the small child accompanying them, who is looking

towards you praying mercy. Remember, there should be no consideration

shown while fighting evils.

 

2. Men and women group themselves under the

pretext of love. It is better they get married without which there can be no

sanctity to the words, love and relationship.

 

There should not be any back tracking in fighting

the inner evils.

 

To

be continued…...

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4. QUINTESSENCE

OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

"Shashi": shashi_31

32. Significance of Meditation

 

Preliminaries to Meditation

 

In meditation, render your

mind is vacant and spirituous all of your senses, then the outside world will

disappear. In order to reach the inner world, we transcend our mind and the

senses. This is possible only in meditation.

 

Meditation means –

Realizing liberation from the shackles of the Finite into the freedom of the

‘infinite’.

 

The aim of meditation is to

make contact with the Reality. This is possible only after the self of the body

mind complex is duly penetrated. This is possible only when the subtle as well

as the casual body surpasses, when the body-consciousness takes its place.

 

Concentration must not be

mistaken for meditation. For concentration, things are important. Concentration

is below senses and meditation is beyond senses. If we are interested in

meditation, we must undertake the journey from below the senses and beyond the

senses. When we experience Blissful consciousness, that experience is

meditation.

 

When the individual

awareness is released from the clutches of the body-mind consciousness and

loses its identity and merges with Divine Consciousness that is called

meditation.

So we must try to practice

such meditation and thereby will gain Moksha.

 

To be

continued………..

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5. IN THE DAYS OF SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

 

From SaiSatcharitra Chapter 28

 

On one

Makar-Sankranti day, Megha wanted to besmear the body

of Baba with sandal-paste and bathe Him with Ganges

water. Baba was first unwilling to undergo this operation, but at his repeated

requests, He consented. Megha had to traverse a distance of eight koss (going

and returning) to bring the sacred water from the Gomati River.

 

MAKARA

SHANKRANTI

 

The Sanskrit term

"Shankramana" means "to begin to move". The day on which

the sun begins to move northwards is called Makara Shankranti. It usually falls

in the middle of January. In South

India this festival is called the Pongal.

 

It is closely connected

with agriculture. To the agriculturalist, it is a day of triumph. He would have

by then brought home the fruits of his patient toil. Symbolically, the first

harvest is offered to the Almighty—and that is Pongal. To toil was his task,

his duty, but the fruit is now offered to the Lord. This is the spirit of Karma

Yoga.

 

The master is not allowed

to grab all the harvest for himself either. Pongal is the festival during which

the landlord distributes food, clothes and money among the labourers who work

for him. What a noble act! It is an ideal you should constantly keep before

you, not only ceremoniously on the Pongal day, but at all times.

 

Be charitable. Be generous.

Treat your servants as your bosom-friends and brother workers. This is the

keynote of the Pongal festival. You will then earn their loyalty and enduring

love.

 

The day prior to the Makara

Shankranti is called the Bhogi festival. On this day, old, worn-out and dirty

things are discarded and burnt. Homes are cleaned and white-washed and lovely

designs are drawn with rice-flour on the door front. The roads are swept clean.

 

These practices have their

own significance from the point of view of health. But, here I remind you that

it will not do to attend to these external things alone. Cleaning the mind of

its old dirty habits of thought and feeling is more urgently needed. Burn them

up, with a wise and firm resolve to tread the path of truth, love and purity

from this holy day onwards. This is the significance of Pongal in the life of

the spiritual aspirant.

 

If you do this, then the

Makara Shankranti has a special significance for you. The sun, symbolizing

wisdom, divine knowledge and spiritual light, which receded from you when you

travelled in the darkness of ignorance, delusion and sensuality, now joyously

turns on its northward course and moves towards you to shed its light and

warmth in greater abundance, and to infuse into you more life and energy.

 

In fact, the sun itself

symbolizes all that the Pongal festival stands for. The message of the sun is

the message of light, the message of unity, of impartiality, of true

selflessness, of the perfection of the elements of Karma Yoga. The sun shines

on all equally. It is the true benefactor of all beings. Without the sun, life

would perish on earth. It is extremely regular and punctual in its duties, and

never claims a reward or craves for recognition. If you imbibe these virtues of

the sun, what doubt is there that you will shine with equal divine lustre!

 

He who dwells in the sun,

whom the sun does not know, whose body the sun is, and by whose power the sun

shines—He is the Supreme Self, the in dweller, the immortal Essence. Tat Twam

Asi—"That thou art". Realize this and be free here and now on this

holy Pongal or Makara Shankranti day. This is my humble Pongal prayer to you

all.

 

 

Special prayers are offered

in temples and homes. Then the people of the household gather together and

partake of the offerings in an atmosphere of love and festivity. There is

family re-union in all homes. Brothers renew their contacts with their married

sisters by giving presents.

 

The landlord greets

the farmer lovingly and gives him gifts of grain, clothes and money.

Both these days,

which are family re-union days, are regarded as being inauspicious for travel.

This is to prevent us from going away from home on such days.

 

When you celebrate

the Shankranti or Pongal in this manner, your sense of value changes. You begin

to understand that your real wealth is the goodwill and friendship of your

relatives, friends, neighbours and servants. Your wealth is the land on which

your food grows, the cattle which help you in agriculture, and the cow which

gives you milk. You begin to have greater love and respect for them and for all

living beings—the crows, the fish and all other creatures.

 

In Maharashtra

and in North India,

devotees of the Lord attach great importance to Makara Shankranti. It is the

season chosen by the Guru for bestowing his Grace on the disciple. In the

South, too, it should be noted that it was about this time that Mahadeva

favoured several of the Rishis by blessing them with His beatific vision.

 

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NEWS FROM SAIDARBAR – HYDERABAD

 

admin

 

Tuesday, 4

November, 2008, 11:45 AM

 

Enjoy Radio Shirdi Sai on http://www.sairadio.blogspot.com/

 

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6. DEVOTEES

EXPERIENCES:

valsala.sivadasan

Thu, Jan

1, 2009 at 10:20 AM

 

Jai Sai Ram.

 

First of all "

Wishing all Sai members, all devotees & Sai parivar, "A very

Happy New Year 2009" May Babaji's blessings will get everybody.

 

I wish to share my

wonderful chamatkar yesterday from Babaji to everybody.

 

At 12 .00 A.M. I had Light

lamps and put yellow flowers in front of Babaji's small moorthy and all

the mandir side in my house. After this I prayer to Babaji and put the CD of

Aarti and dance together my daughters. About 1.30 AM we went

to sleep.

 

In the morning at 6.30 a.m. I

look at the mandir, I have not seen any flower in the mandir. Where I have put

the flowers, the space was clean. I do not know how it

happens. Definitely Babaji has accepted the flowers.

 

Jai Sai Ram. Babaji a lots

of pranam to the lotus feet.

 

Please accept my pray for

everybody to the coming year and bless to everybody.

 

With kind regards,

 

valsala

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7. SAI WITH

CHILDREN:

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Smt. Madhu Gopal Ravada,

Saidarbar, Hyderabad.

Hello Children! I am Madhu

aunty. Do you know Baba use to play with children and used to tell stories to

them? I felt children visiting Saidarbar should be entertained with good

stories. Now I want to tell the stories what heard in my child hood.

 

The story of the Monkey

 

Construction of a temple

was on outside a town. Near the site, a huge wooden log was being split. At the

lunch, the workers fixed a wedge between the split wood and went to dine. A

monkey had been watching the activities of the workers since morning. When the

workers were away, the monkey descended from the tree and began to meddle with

that log of wood. During the play, he saw the wedge and began to withdraw it.

But he forgot that his tail was hanging between the split ends of the log. As

soon as the wedge was out, the split ends closed squeezing the tail of the

monkey. The monkey tried hard to get himself free but in vain. No help was

available nearby. By the time, the workers returned from their lunch, the

monkey had died.

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MORAL: Do not meddle in

things that don't concern you

 

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8. SPIRITUAL

GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

 

swamy

Wed, Nov 19,

2008 at 9:50

PM

 

Shri Sai Satcharitra

 

Chapter XXXI

 

 

In this Chapter

Hemadpant describes the passing away of certain persons and a tiger in Baba's

presence.

 

Megha

 

The story of Megha has been already described in Chapter

28. When Megha died, all the villagers followed the funeral procession. Baba

also accompanied them and showered flowers on Megha's body. After the obsequies

were performed, tears flowed from Baba's eyes and like an ordinary mortal, Baba

showed Himself overcome with grief and sorrow. Then covering the body with

flowers and crying like a near relation, Baba returned to the Dwarakamayi.

Many Saints have been seen giving Sadgati to men, but

Baba's greatness is unique. Even a cruel animal like a tiger came to Baba's

feet for being saved. It is this story which will be narrated now.

 

 

SSG: Sai Ram. Megha was not learned in the ordinary sense

but was indeed a great devotee. Sai also loved His devotees, as they loved Him.

Sai Ram.

 

Tiger

 

Seven days before Baba passed away, a wonderful incident occurred

at Shirdi. There came a country-cart and stopped in front of the Dwarakamayi. A

tiger was on the cart, fastened with iron chains, with its fierce face turned

to the rear. It was suffering from some pain or agony. Its keepers - three

Derveshis - were taking it from place to place and making money by exhibiting

it. It was the means of their subsistence. They tried all sorts of remedies to

cure it from the malady it was suffering from, but all was in vain. Then they

heard of Baba's fame and came to Him with the animal. They got it down the

chains in their hands and made it stand at the door. It was naturally fierce,

besides, disease ridden. So it was restless. The people began to look at it

with fear and amazement. The Darveshies went in, told Baba everything about the

animal and with His consent, brought it before Him. As it approached the steps,

it was taken aback on account of the lustre of Baba and hung its head down.

When both saw each other, it got on the step and looked at Baba with affection.

Immediately it moved the tuft of its tail and dashed it thrice against the

ground and then fell down senseless. On seeing it dead the Darveshis were first

much dejected and full of sorrow, but on mature thought they came to their

senses. They considered that as the animal was diseased and nearing its end, it

was very meritorious on its part that it should meet its death at the feet and

in the presence of Baba. It was their debtor, and when the debt was paid off it

was free and met its end at Sai's Feet. When any creatures bow down their heads

at saints' feet and meet death, they are saved; and unless they have got a good

store of merit on their account, How could they get such a happy end?

 

SSG: Sai Ram. Indeed, it is because of our past merits

that we come into closer contact with Saints, Who are the representatives of

God. Sai Ram.

 

 

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

 

S.V.Swamy

Author, Editor

and Book Reviewer

www...freewebs.com/swamyreviews

www.freewebs.com/svswamy

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9.. ARTICLES

FROM SAI DEVOTEES

Hidden meanings in Shirdi Sai's

Philosophy

Sai Ram,

 

In one of the eleven assurances in chapter-25 of Sri

Sai Satcharita by Hemadripanth, Baba said "My bones shall speak from my

tomb and help my devotees in overcoming difficulties". How is this being

possible? And what significance could be attached to this

assurance?---------------------

 

In chapter-32 of Sri Sai Satcharita, Baba said-"when

I was a boy, my employer was pleased with my work and gave me Rs600/- as wages.

Does that mean to say that Baba as a boy of 16 or 18yrs earned a salary of Rs

600/- Then who could give Baba a salary of Rs 600/- ? --------------------

 

Baba has said in court of Dhulia. "People call

me as Saibaba. My father's name is also SaiBaba. My age is Lakhs of years. My

caste is that of God's and my religion is Kabir". What is the meaning for

the word Sai? In the English language?-----------

 

 

In chapter-37 of Sri Sai Satcharita, Baba said to Tatya

-"guard me. If you desire you may go home in the night, but do come and

check for me once in a while to take care of me". Why did Baba who assured

to protect His devotees talked so like an ordinary man? What could it

mean? -------------------------------

 

One day, oil merchants refused to give oil for lighting

lamps in Dwarakamayi; Baba lighted the lamps with water. What does this

signify?-----------------------------

 

Baba used to say that he would draw his men towards him

like a sparrow tied with a thread. What could this

mean?------------

 

Baba watered plants with raw mud pots made by Waman tatya.

Later he used to keep the pots in upside down position near plants. By evening

the mud pots so kept disintegrated into mud. What could this

mean?--------------------------------

 

Chapter-8 of Sri Sai Satcharita. Baba, Mahelsapathi,

and Tatya used to sleep with their heads pointed towards North, East and West

directions. Why did they exclude the direction of South?

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We can get answers for all the above questions and

more from Saibanisa’s discourses. Those who are interested in obtaining

the MP3- Format CD may kindly contact: saibanisa

 

 

In the Service of Lord Sainath and His devotees,

Sai Sevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi

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10. LETTERS

FROM SAIDEVOTEES:

 

dushmanta.behera

Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:52 AM

 

JAI SAIRAM

 

I express my sincere

gratitude for acknowledging my request & sending me the CD on teaching

of our beloved SAI BABA. Your efforts for spreading SAI BABA'S teachings &

blessings to once & all who are inspired by Him is unbelievable. I

regularly receive the e-magazine of SAI DARBAR which is full of nectar.

 

Thank You Sir

 

With Best Regards,

Dusmanta.

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manyu_rocks23

Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:39 PM

 

Om Sai

Ram,

Thank you for developing such a beautiful website of Shri Sainath. I already

have Sai Sachiritra in mp3 format. Thank you for asking me and letting me feel

that I am a member of your sweet website.

Abhimanyu

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vijay_beau

Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:42 PM

 

Dear Saibandhu,

My name's Vijay and I am mailing you from Chennai. I would like to listen to

your discourses on Navavidha Bhakthi and enlighten myself. I wish to tell you

that you have been doing amazing work spreading the word of Sai, and thereby

helping many, many people wash away their sins and live a life which is

purposeful, and filled with devotion to the Almighty. Would you be so kind as

to send me the discourses anytime you please.

Thank You for all that you've been doing .

May the God bless you for the years to come.

Yours Sincerely,

Vijay

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maheshsaikumar

Sun,

Jan 4, 2009 at 10:06 AM

 

Dear Sir,

First of all my hearty

congratulations to Saidarbar team members & management for completing 10

years of online existence. I regularly receive your messages. I am very thankful.

Wish you a happy new year

and pongal-2009.

Maheshsai

Kumar

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sairamakoti

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM

 

SaiRam,

Congradulations on entering

the 11th year of service to Sai devotees. Pray SAI to shower HIS

blessings on all of your team.

S.Ramakoti

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gallivan

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008

at 7:47 AM.

Dear Sir,

You have done well.

You don't need my advice or comments.

Patrick gallivan

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gautam08mech

On Fri,

Dec 12, 2008 at 1:45 AM.

JaiSairam,

This is a wonderful attempt of spreading

Sainath's teachings and his glory around the world. Persons like me who always

keep Sai Baba in their heart n soul but can't find the ways to quench their

thirst can look to this wonderful attempt and retain their love and faith in

Sai Baba.

Amit kumar

gautam

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12. SAI'S

BOOK WORLD:

 

Title: Viyathahu Shirdi Sai Baba

Author: C.

Subramanian

G.L.House, 5/8-C Seetharam

Nagar

Sakkottai, Kumbakonam – 612

401

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Title: Shirdi Sai Babavin Arivuragal

Author: Shirdi Sai Trust

Trichy C-31 Eleventh

Cross, Thillai Nagar

Tiruchirapalli –620 018

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Title: Shirdi Sri Sai Sahasranamavali

Author: C. Ilango

 

Sri Shirdi SaiBaba Seva

Samithi Shirdi Sai Nagar

Pillaichavadi, Pondichery –

605 014

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contact:

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Book(s) sent to Saidarbar will be retained by Saidarbar and cannot be returned.

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13. EDITORIAL.

Things

impressed me from this magazine:

 

The aim of meditation is to make contact with the Reality.

Concentration is below senses and meditation is beyond

senses.

 

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